French DJ Martin Solveig will close the third Neon Desert Music Festival with a set that starts at midnight May 25 and ends around 2 a.m. May 26 in Downtown El Paso.

Solveig will headline the El Paso Electric Stage at the corner of Mesa and Mills streets. It's one of four main stages that will be scattered around a five-block area, and the one with a concentration of electronic dance music acts.

He'll be preceded on that stage by Wolfgang Gartner at 9:30 p.m., Kidnap Kid at 8, Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible at 6:15 and El Paso's Johnny Kage at 4:45.

A total of 19 acts will be spread out on the four main stages.

The rock-oriented Splendid Sun Stage will be inside the chain-link fence by the Mills parking garage. It's named for the Austin-based company of ex-El Pasoans who put on the festival. El Pasoan Omar Rodriguez Lopez's new band Bosnian Rainbows will give a one-hour set at 8 p.m. Best Coast will follow the Rainbows at 10 p.m. there. El Paso's Electric Social goes on at 4 p.m., Viernes at 5 and Interpol's Paul Banks at 6.

Mexican rock is highlighted on the Budweiser stage at Santa Fe and Franklin streets, by Cleveland Square Park (and in front of the baseball stadium construction site). Rock-rappers Molotov headline on that stage at 11:15 p.m. Pxndx (pronounced Panda) goes on at 9 p.m., the critically acclaimed Carla Morrison (who'll release her new digital EP on Tuesday) at 7, El Paso's Black Coats at 5:30 and Ribo Flavin at 4:30.

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The Mack Massey Stage, at the corner of Mills and Oregon streets, will offer the most eclectic mix, with Canadian electronica duo Dragonette closing at 10:45 p.m., and American electronica band Strfkr before them at 8:45. Mexico's lucha mask-wearing goofballs A Band of Bitches play (literally and figuratively) at 7, and El Paso's poppy The Royalty start things off at 5:15.

Fifteen other acts, almost all local, will be on the WB Liquors Silent Disco stage in San Jacinto Plaza. The DJ music -- which will be pumped over headphones, not speakers -- will start at 3 p.m. and run through midnight. Acts include the winners of the festival's DJ contest, Rob Bass, Amer, Souldies, the D.A. and others.

You can find the full schedule at facebook.com/neondesert.

Splendid Sun's Zach Paul will be in the El Paso Times offices to do a live chat at 11 a.m. Tuesday at elpasotimes.com.

The last time I went to Forti's, I ordered a margarita made with Pura Vida, which numbers ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons among its endorsers.

I'm a Patron fan myself, but this one was pretty good. So I ordered another. Goes well with their chile con queso, let me tell you.

Turns out Godsmack singer Sully Erna's not only a fan of the stuff, he's an endorser and investor. They call him the president and CEO of the 8:15 Pura Vida Shot Club.

Erna, who'll perform an acoustic set May 26 at the KLAQ Balloonfest at Wet 'N' Wild Water World, will make an in-store appearance to promote his investment. He'll sign bottles of the hooch and pose for pix from 4-6 p.m. May 25 at Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods, 655 Sunland Park.

The 8:15 thing supposedly started when Erna, the members of God smack and their production staff would take a shot of tequila at 8:15 p.m., 15 minutes before taking the stage.

He now declares 8:15 p.m. as Pura Vida Tequila time, when the whole world is encouraged to take a shot of you know what in toast "to the good life" with a certain brand, according to a brochure provided by one of its reps.

Splendid stuff

Splendid Sun, the Neon Desert Music Fest organization, also books shows at the Lowbrow Palace. They've added three new ones, which are on sale now.

Austin's Brownout, the Grupo Fantasma offshoot, will play there at 9 p.m. May 30. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door; $3 extra for those 18 to 20 years old.

A double bill of Milk Music and Destruction Unit will play the club at 9 p.m. June 1. Those tickets are $8 advance, $10 day of, plus $3 more for 18 to 20.

Lambchop guitarist William Tyler will bring his solo guitar stylings to the venue at 9 p.m. Aug. 5. Tix are $8 advance, $10 day of and $3 more for 18 to 20.

Tickets for all of those shows are on sale at All That Music and Video, Happy House, the Headstand, the Pizza Joint and holdmyticket.com.

Comic history

Former El Paso comic book writer and graphic novelist Jaime "Jimmy Daze" Portillo will hawk his new paperback version of "Hell Paso: The Story of Dallas Stoudenmire" at Comic-Con International, which runs July 17-21 in San Diego.

Portillo, who now lives in Sierra Vista, Ariz., says the 188-page book will include all six of the "Hell Paso" comic book stories, based on a real El Paso lawman from the 1800s, plus 40 pages of bonus material including newspaper articles and "Hell Paso" facts.

He's trying to raise $750 by June 6 via Kickstarter to help pay for it. Go to kickstarter.com/projects/hellpaso/hell-paso-the-story-of-dallas-stoudenmire-special if you want to check it out or kick in some cash.

N.M. blues

A couple of New Mexico towns will get the blues this summer.

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers and Corey Harris and the Rasta Blues Experience will headline the 18th annual Silver City Blues Festival May 24-26 in that western N.M. town. Guitarist Castro will play there May 25 (El Paso's Austin Jimmy Murphy is among the openers), while Harris and his group will top the bill on May 26.

The festival, presented by the Mimbres Region Arts Council, is free and starts at 12:15 p.m. May 25 and noon May 26.

There will be two ticketed events, a May 24 dance and a May 25 jam session, both at the Buffalo Dance Hall. They cost $12 each.

Call 575-538-2505 or go to mimbresarts.org for more info.

A bunch of El Paso and New Mexico bands will play the second Timberon Blues & Bar-B-Q Festival July 27-28 in that mountain village.

Kat Crosby, Eddie and the Imports, Sam Barlow and Blue Moon Prairie are among the performers.

The festival will be 10 a.m.-10 p.m. July 27 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 28. Tickets cost $15 per day, $10 for military, free for kids 12 and younger.

Go to timberonbluesfestival.com for more details.

Out of this world

Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences will host a national TV press junket today for "After Earth." That's the new Will Smith sci-fi movie in which he crash-lands on Earth and must be helped by a teenager with the not-so-subtle name of Kital Raige, played by Smith's son, Jaden Smith.

Unfortunately, press guys like me aren't invited to the event, but I'm assuming the Smiths, director M. Night Shyamalan and others from the film will be there.

There's a picture of the Spaceport on the Facebook site of Warren Betts Communications and Zoomworks Media, which is putting on the junket.

"After Earth" opens June 7.

No Smokey

Motown legend Smokey Robinson has canceled his Thursday show at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Venue management cites "mandatory vocal rest" for the singer as the reason for the cancellation.

His May 10 and 11 shows were postponed, according to his website, and rescheduled for July. His next scheduled show is June 7.

No makeup date or substitute concert have been announced for the Mescalero show. Refunds will be available at the point of purchase.

Quick hits

The last time "Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales" came to town in 2011, tickets sold so well that a sixth performance was added. It'll return to the Abraham Chavez Theatre for five shows Dec. 27-29. A ticket presale starts Tuesday on ticketmaster.com and will run through 10 a.m. June 4, when individual tickets go on sale. Tickets cost $20, $25, $30 and $40.

Country vet Lynn Anderson, best known for "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden," will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 as part of the Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts' outdoor Tailgate series in Alamogordo. Tickets cost $22 and $27 for her show. The Tailgate 2013 series, which features mostly area acts, will run May 17 to Aug. 31. It will include dance, theater and music; El Paso jazz group Frank Zona and Urban Edge will play June 8. Go to flickingercenter.com for details.

Citing scheduling difficulties, Bowl El Paso is ditching its summer outdoor concert series that I wrote about last week. It will, however, have Radio La Chusma perform indoors on June 1.

This is a round of concert and other event information from Doug Pullen's blog, Pullen My Blog, at elpasotimes.com/blogs. Follow him on Twitter @dougpullen and on Facebook at facebook.com/dougpulleneptimes.